Epilepsy and other seizure disorders in acute psychiatric inpatients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is well known that patients with epilepsy have a high rate of psychiatric comorbidity. However, studies exploring epilepsy in psychiatric cohorts are scarce. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of seizure disorders in acute psychiatric inpatients.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional study performed in a catchment-area based acute psychiatric department. All patients (age > 18) admitted during September 2011 - March 2012 were eligible for inclusion. Consenting patients were screened for a life-time history of epilepsy or seizures using self-reported questionnaire data and diagnostic codes for epilepsy in hospital and National registries. Patients scoring positive to one or more of these screening criteria underwent a thorough diagnostic validation

SUBMITTER: Nakken EI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8672464 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature